What is the Sunnah regarding shaking hands with a group? Does one start with the person on the right, and so on, or what?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings and His forgiveness.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Nasser?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah for the good. May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : I have a part, if Allah wills, simple, of questions, but I do not know how your circumstances are. Do you have guests or anything else?
The Shaykh : Yes, I have guests, so be brief.
The questioner : If Allah wills, I will be brief.
The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The questioner : The right one, then the right one, is that not so?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The greeting, meaning shaking hands with people, meaning from the right one to the right one, is that not so?
The Shaykh : It is clear to you that you are from Jordan?
The questioner : Yes, I am from Acre, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : From Acre?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, you are Palestinian, you did not become Jordanian like my story?
The questioner : No, not yet.
The Shaykh : No, it is clear to you that you have become Jordanian, because you say "salam" about the handshake. So what is your question?
The questioner : My question now is: is the handshake after the salam to be from the right one to the right one?
The Shaykh : Yes, but the handshake is not called a salam. That is what I wanted to draw your attention to.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : So if he wants to and enters a gathering and greets, first he greets with one greeting to all those present, then if it isThose present : made easy for him to shake hands with them one by one, he starts with the right one. Otherwise, if their number is large and many, he sits where the gathering ends for him, content with the salam.
The questioner : Now, regarding the right side, some people, I mean, greet with the palm of the hand being on the left, on the basis that they argue that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to circumambulate the House and place the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, on his left...
The Shaykh : And this merchandise is also not Jordanian?
The questioner : By Allah, perhaps it is Jordanian, because I amThe questioner .
The Shaykh : No, definitely, definitely Jordanian.
The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : Yes, now if you enter from the door, and the door has two sides, right and left, which side is your right? Do you have doubt about this obvious thing?
The questioner : No, the one that is my right is the one facing me, the face of the door that faces me.
The Shaykh : No, there is no face facing you. The door: if you stand in the middle of the door, there is a vertical piece of wood on your right and a vertical piece of wood on your left.
The questioner : The picture is not clear. I have now entered the entrance, but you are talking about the door, which is the door that opens and closes?
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah guide you. If the door is in the middle of the room, do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, on your right, I will tell you something else. The door faces the qiblah, do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, and if you enter from the door, is the west on your right or the east? If you face the qiblah? If you stand to pray, what will be on your right, the west or the east?
The questioner : The east.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do you not know the east from the west?
The questioner : The Lord, amen. No, O Shaykh, I imagined that I am entering from the south, from the qiblah, regarding Jordan.
The Shaykh : I am telling you, you entered from a door facing the qiblah, not the door facing it. That is, there is a wall in front of you that you face in prayer. I mean, the mosque, where do you live?
The questioner: In Irbid.
The Shaykh : In Irbid. If it is a closed room, the northern wall is closed, and the southern wall has a door. Understood up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you enter from this door to pray in this room, is the east on your right or the west?
The questioner: West.
The Shaykh : Good, and what will be on your left?
The questioner : The east.
The Shaykh : Ah, now this door we are talking about is in the middle of the wall of this room.
The questioner : The northern wall, yes.
The Shaykh : In the middle, well done. On the right of the door now, I mean the western side, there is a chair, and on the left of the door, I mean the eastern side, there is a chair. Understood?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And in each of the chairs sits a person. So who will be on your right?
The questioner : The one on the western chair.
The Shaykh : Well done. So do you start with him in the handshake, or with the one on the eastern chair?
The questioner : I start with him.
The Shaykh : And as you heard, regarding the circumambulation of the Ka'bah, as you heard, what will be the ruling?
The questioner : It will be that their action is wrong for them.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Now let us expand a little. The western chair has a second chair next to it, that is, toward the qiblah, and so on, place a row of approximately ten people. And so, the western chair, excuse me, the eastern one, also ten people sitting on these chairs. So when you start with the one on your right, the first chair, with whom do you second?
The questioner : With the one next to me on my right, toward the west.
The Shaykh : So if this example clarifies for you that this statement that came to you is imagination and illusion, do you understand me?
The questioner : Yes, what is the relationship between the Ka'bah and this?
The Shaykh : There is no relationship at all. Nevertheless, if we wanted to be precise a little, I do not know if you can bear with me or not?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. There is no need for this speech, yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. Did you go to the Ka'bah in your time?
The questioner : Yes, and praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Good. If now, if Allah wills, you are going to understand from me something extra. Did you see a black line extending from the corner of the Black Stone to the southeastern side?
The questioner : Yes, on the ground.
The Shaykh : On the ground, yes. This line is made for the one who wants to circumambulate, so that he does not cross this line, until he stands on this line and faces the Black Stone with his face, and if he is able to kiss it, that will be more complete. Understood?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, you imagine yourself in front of the Black Stone, and you kissed it and touched it and walked. Did you walk to the right or to the left?
The questioner : To the right.
The Shaykh : So the whole matter is an illusion within an illusion, and we ask Allah for guidance for us and for you.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Is there anything else?
The questioner : A moment, O Shaykh, yes, there is.
The Shaykh : No problem, are you delaying us? Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings and His forgiveness.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Nasser?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah for the good. May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : I have a part, if Allah wills, simple, of questions, but I do not know how your circumstances are. Do you have guests or anything else?
The Shaykh : Yes, I have guests, so be brief.
The questioner : If Allah wills, I will be brief.
The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The questioner : The right one, then the right one, is that not so?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The greeting, meaning shaking hands with people, meaning from the right one to the right one, is that not so?
The Shaykh : It is clear to you that you are from Jordan?
The questioner : Yes, I am from Acre, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : From Acre?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, you are Palestinian, you did not become Jordanian like my story?
The questioner : No, not yet.
The Shaykh : No, it is clear to you that you have become Jordanian, because you say "salam" about the handshake. So what is your question?
The questioner : My question now is: is the handshake after the salam to be from the right one to the right one?
The Shaykh : Yes, but the handshake is not called a salam. That is what I wanted to draw your attention to.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : So if he wants to and enters a gathering and greets, first he greets with one greeting to all those present, then if it isThose present : made easy for him to shake hands with them one by one, he starts with the right one. Otherwise, if their number is large and many, he sits where the gathering ends for him, content with the salam.
The questioner : Now, regarding the right side, some people, I mean, greet with the palm of the hand being on the left, on the basis that they argue that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to circumambulate the House and place the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, on his left...
The Shaykh : And this merchandise is also not Jordanian?
The questioner : By Allah, perhaps it is Jordanian, because I amThe questioner .
The Shaykh : No, definitely, definitely Jordanian.
The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : Yes, now if you enter from the door, and the door has two sides, right and left, which side is your right? Do you have doubt about this obvious thing?
The questioner : No, the one that is my right is the one facing me, the face of the door that faces me.
The Shaykh : No, there is no face facing you. The door: if you stand in the middle of the door, there is a vertical piece of wood on your right and a vertical piece of wood on your left.
The questioner : The picture is not clear. I have now entered the entrance, but you are talking about the door, which is the door that opens and closes?
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah guide you. If the door is in the middle of the room, do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, on your right, I will tell you something else. The door faces the qiblah, do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, and if you enter from the door, is the west on your right or the east? If you face the qiblah? If you stand to pray, what will be on your right, the west or the east?
The questioner : The east.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do you not know the east from the west?
The questioner : The Lord, amen. No, O Shaykh, I imagined that I am entering from the south, from the qiblah, regarding Jordan.
The Shaykh : I am telling you, you entered from a door facing the qiblah, not the door facing it. That is, there is a wall in front of you that you face in prayer. I mean, the mosque, where do you live?
The questioner: In Irbid.
The Shaykh : In Irbid. If it is a closed room, the northern wall is closed, and the southern wall has a door. Understood up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you enter from this door to pray in this room, is the east on your right or the west?
The questioner: West.
The Shaykh : Good, and what will be on your left?
The questioner : The east.
The Shaykh : Ah, now this door we are talking about is in the middle of the wall of this room.
The questioner : The northern wall, yes.
The Shaykh : In the middle, well done. On the right of the door now, I mean the western side, there is a chair, and on the left of the door, I mean the eastern side, there is a chair. Understood?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And in each of the chairs sits a person. So who will be on your right?
The questioner : The one on the western chair.
The Shaykh : Well done. So do you start with him in the handshake, or with the one on the eastern chair?
The questioner : I start with him.
The Shaykh : And as you heard, regarding the circumambulation of the Ka'bah, as you heard, what will be the ruling?
The questioner : It will be that their action is wrong for them.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Now let us expand a little. The western chair has a second chair next to it, that is, toward the qiblah, and so on, place a row of approximately ten people. And so, the western chair, excuse me, the eastern one, also ten people sitting on these chairs. So when you start with the one on your right, the first chair, with whom do you second?
The questioner : With the one next to me on my right, toward the west.
The Shaykh : So if this example clarifies for you that this statement that came to you is imagination and illusion, do you understand me?
The questioner : Yes, what is the relationship between the Ka'bah and this?
The Shaykh : There is no relationship at all. Nevertheless, if we wanted to be precise a little, I do not know if you can bear with me or not?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. There is no need for this speech, yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. Did you go to the Ka'bah in your time?
The questioner : Yes, and praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Good. If now, if Allah wills, you are going to understand from me something extra. Did you see a black line extending from the corner of the Black Stone to the southeastern side?
The questioner : Yes, on the ground.
The Shaykh : On the ground, yes. This line is made for the one who wants to circumambulate, so that he does not cross this line, until he stands on this line and faces the Black Stone with his face, and if he is able to kiss it, that will be more complete. Understood?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, you imagine yourself in front of the Black Stone, and you kissed it and touched it and walked. Did you walk to the right or to the left?
The questioner : To the right.
The Shaykh : So the whole matter is an illusion within an illusion, and we ask Allah for guidance for us and for you.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Is there anything else?
The questioner : A moment, O Shaykh, yes, there is.
The Shaykh : No problem, are you delaying us? Yes.
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